Compass version 1.1.1 is released. This release fixes a major bug with Compass Jdbc directory support (the ability to store the index in a database) which caused entries that are marked to be deleted not to be actually deleted from the database (after the set delete window time).

I am at JAX in Germany and going to present a session about GigaSpaces. All of this was a last minute call, and if I knew about it in advance I would have submitted a Compass session as well…

If you are attending the conference and would like to talk about GigaSpaces and/or Compass, I will be at the GigaSpaces booth, so just drop by…

The latest Compass 1.2 M1 snapshot now has support for Lucene 2.1. The main feature enabled by moving to Lucene 2.1 is lockless commits, which required some changes especially in Compass support for transactions.

Other features, such as pluggable LockFactory, will have their own Jira issues and implemented separately. What would you like to see out of the list of features Lucene 2.1 has and should be simplified to use with Compass? What is the top feature on your list? Basically, based on user requests, the features will be implemented.

This upgrade will require a full reindex of the data. Make sure that the lucene jars used are updated as well. Since this is a major change, it would be great if early feedback could be provided by you, Compass users. If you have time, take 1.2 M1 snapshot for a spin and see if it behaves …

I am going to be at New York (Manhattan) this week. If anybody wants to talk about Compass, GigaSpaces or anything technology just drop me an email at: kimchy AT gmail and we can arrange something.

I am happy to say that GigaSpaces, the company I work for, was just bought by Apple. Apple are going to use GigaSpaces product as part of their Xgrid product line in order to provide similar online services such as Amazon EC2 and S3.

While there were rumors Apple were going to buy or better integrate a proper Java application server, they quickly found out that GigaSpaces provides a simpler platform (yea, we gave them a taste of our upcoming next version) for next generation application (not only high end computing!) and decided to include GigaSpaces as part of their Mac OS X Server distribution as well.

Personally I am really excited about working for Apple. I will be moving to Copertino in a couple of months and the first task on my list is make Steve (hey I am an employe, so I can call him by his first name) love Java again.

[Update]: This was an April Fools Joke, don’t take me seriously :).